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DMO Highlights

September 08, 2017

We call upon Congress to swiftly approve a clean bipartisan bill restoring the DACA program. We encourage our members to contact your members of Congress to advocate for this position.

We encourage our DMO members and other Democratic leaders around America to introduce to the public and local media willing members of your communities who are beneficiaries of the DACA program, and who as a result are able to be productive, contributing, and valued members of your communities.

August 18, 2017

DMO STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE EVENTS IN CHARLOTTESVILLE AND CONTINUING SUBSEQUENT REPERCUSSIONS

Chicago, IL, August 18, 2017 –

It is time for all Americans, regardless of party or region, to come together in support of unity and equality for all.

The killing and violence in Charlottesville were the acts and responsibility of adherents of the old, ugly plague of white supremacy. We cannot accept or tolerate false moral equivalencies that blame victims of white supremacy for the violence perpetrated against them.

April 05, 2017

March 12, 2017

Cities, towns, and counties represent the level of government closest to the people in a democracy. They serve as laboratories of public innovation, operating at the forefront of public policy-making that establishes minimum standards of protections and social progress for residents. They often deal with localized problems that require uniquely tailored solutions or an urgent community response. In order to serve the needs of the public in a democracy, local governments must have the authority to innovate, the power to address urgent problems and the license to act on a wide range of economic, health, safety and social issues on behalf of the citizens of their communities and should not be preempted or unreasonably interfered with by state governments.

March 12, 2017

DMO recognizes that America is a land of immigrants and an increasingly diverse nation which draws strength from that diversity.

America at our best and strongest has always been a welcoming nation which takes pride in serving and protecting all our citizens and residents regardless of race, religion, national origin, or ethnicity.

March 12, 2017

Voting rights are the fundamental building blocks of democracy. Without the protected right to vote freely and without threat of intimidation, there can be no democratic system. To be meaningful, election systems must also guarantee fair and convenient access to register and vote for all those eligible, without regard to economic status or disabilities.

March 14, 2017

Statement of support for the National League of Cities’ 2017 Federal Action Agenda:

Democratic Municipal Officials (DMO) recognizes and supports the National League of Cities (NLC) as America’s largest non-partisan voice for our nation’s cities and towns. Many DMOs are among the active participants and leaders in the NLC, and take part in setting and advocating for the federal action agenda of the NLC.

February 28, 2017

Former Secretary of Labor Tom Perez elected Chair of the Democratic National Committee at the DNC Winter Meeting

Atlanta, GA, February 25, 2017 –

The Democratic National Committee elected former Labor Secretary Tom Perez as the next Chair of the DNC this Saturday in Atlanta. Perez committed to increasing DNC support for local elected Democrats prior to the DNC Winter Meeting in a letter to the Democratic Municipal Officials. Local elected Democrats were represented at the DNC meeting by their three ex officio voting members, along with two additional voting members from DMO’s national Board of Directors.

Join the DMO Community! Connect with Democratic Municipal Officials

Maybe you were elected as a Democrat. Maybe you were elected to a non-partisan seat. Every U.S. mayor, city council member, village trustee and other elected official serving a municipality, who subscribes to the values of the Democratic Party is automatically a member of DMO. We are your association.